Zoro stayed out later than the rest
with Ace lying down on the deck side by side.

"Just
out of interest" Ace said breaking the silence "are you gay."

"HOW
MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT, I'M NOT GAY," Zoro shouted
sitting up.

"Just
asking" Ace said, "Because if you were I would have told you to
stay away from Luffy. He's to immature to understand anything like
that."

There
was a silence between them.

"You
must know what it feels like" Zoro said randomly lying back down.

Ace
looked at him in a confused way.

"I
mean to have Luffy as a brother" Zoro said.

"Is
this a trick question?" Ace asked, "We're biologically
related!"

"I
know, but being on this ship with him and my other crewmates all the
time it feels like where family" Zoro said "it's like he's
grown on me."

Ace
cocked an eyebrow before he smiled.

"Luffy
has that effect on people" Ace said "you either like him hate,
it's never anything in between."

Zoro
smiled.

As
it began to feel really icy Zoro got up and decided to go to bed. Ace
said he felt like sleeping outside that night so Zoro left him alone
on the deck. Zoro entered the room to find that Luffy had left his
bed; in fact the entire room and the rest were sleeping soundly. He
shrugged; Luffy had probably gone for a nighttime snack. As he walked
over to his bed and found that his shirt was missing. He was just too
tired to look for it now as he slumped down in his hammock, falling
asleep straight away.

Ace
rolled over feeling the cool breeze on his back as he tucked his arms
into his body to keep warm. There was footsteps echoing along the
deck as Ace tried to get to sleep.

"Ne
Ace" a voice said behind him "it's cold out hear and you don't
even have a shirt on."

Ace
rolled over to see Ussop; he obviously was heading up to the crow's
nest.

Ussop
shrugged as he walked over to the mast. There was silence again as he
reached the top of the crow's nest with his sketchpad in his hands
again.

Luffy
came out of the kitchen a little later, not so hungry as he was
before but defiantly satisfied. Zoro's shirt was much warmer than
his as he whipped his mouth on it. He then gave a giant yawn as he
noticed Ace sleeping on the deck.

"ACE"
Luffy shouted happily jumping down to the deck.

Ace
shielded his head with his arm as Luffy landed on the deck.

"Shouldn't
you be in bed" Ace asked as Luffy sat down in front of him "and
isn't that Zoro's shirt."

"Ya…it's
very warm" Luffy said happily.

Ace
sighed and began to go back to sleep. Luffy hummed a tune for and
hour or so before he fell asleep next to his older brother.

It
was the either middle of the night, or very early in the morning when
Ace woke up again to find Luffy lying next to him, in Zoro's shirt.
Ace smiled and reached out and put an arm around his younger brother,
to bring him closer. His head was resting against Ace's chest and
Luffy's hand reached up and held onto his older brother's arm.
Ace smiled before he fell asleep again.

Nami
woke up to utter silence, which was a huge difference, seeing that
Luffy would either start shouting or her crewmates would be rushing
around outside. She pulled on a warm coat and headed up on the deck.
There she found Ace and Luffy sound asleep; Ace's right arm was
wrapped around his younger brother that was wearing Zoro's shirt.
Nami smiled before she recollected what she just saw and looked back
at them, Luffy was wearing Zoro's shirt???

Zoro
woke up later than the rest and found himself alone in the room.
After a few minutes or so he got up and began to look for his shirt.
Where was it, he was sure he had taken it off last night in this
room. There was a nock at the door as Zoro had given up in searching
for his shirt and went to open it. Nami was standing outside with a
big smile on her face.

"What"
Zoro asked in annoyance?

"Looking
for something" Nami, asked.

Zoro
narrowed his eyes.

"Where's
my shirt" he asked bitterly.

Nami
smiled.

"Luffy's
got it."

Zoro
froze as Nami giggled at his expression. His mind was racing all over
the place, Luffy, Nami was playing over and over again. Luffy had his
shirt and Nami was standing right in front of him. He could grasp her
right now but he was scared of what she may think.

"Ne
Zoro" Nami said as her hand waved across his eyes "you okay?"

"Fine"
Zoro said "I'll…I'll go get my shirt back."

Nami
watched him walk away and above deck. She actually preferred him with
his shirt off because you could see all his muscles. She sighed as
his feet disappeared onto deck.

As
Zoro surfaced onto the deck Luffy was awake with his shirt on,
laughing with Ussop and Chopper. Zoro walked up to Luffy and towered
over him.

"Give
me my shirt back," he said clenching his hands into fist.

"NOOOO"
Luffy shouted running away and making Zoro chase after him "it's
warm, I like it."

It
was all a blur to Ace as he sat down at the table. Luffy rushed in
picked up his plate of food, swallowed it, or stored it in his mouth
before he rushed out again. In fact from what Ace had seen, he went
out the way he came in which ment…

"NE
ZORO"

"LUFFY
YOU IDIOT" came Zoro's shouts before there was a loud banging of
bodies together on the deck below.

Ace
sighed as Nami came in and Sanji started to offer her extra food.

Nami
later carried Luffy back down to his sleeping quarters with Zoro's
shirt still on and placed him in bed just like she had last night.
Luffy's injuries were healing up really fast which was a good sign.
She leaned over Luffy and kissed him on the forehead before turning
around and coming face to face with Roronoa Zoro. He had a look of
annoyance on his face as they stared at each other. Zoro was sure
that he felt his heart shatter as Nami looked at him. Sure that she
would smile at Luffy but he had just witnessed her kissing him. Was
that the first time or had she kissed Luffy before?

Zoro
was so confused, Nami had just kissed her Captain but now she was
saying that she liked him. Maybe she was just saying that so he would
leave Luffy alone. Zoro finally decided that if she really liked him
then she wouldn't mind it if he kissed her, but as he looked down
at her she had beaten him to it. Nami pressed her lips against his,
with her arms around his neck he felt like all his worries from
before had been swept away. He ran his hands underneath her shirt and
up her back feeling her cool skin against his. Nami slowly drew her
lips away from his and smiled at him. Zoro felt calm as he gave her a
smile back before he bent down and placed his lips on hers again.
Zoro was finally with her, the woman of his dreams, Nami was his,
forever.

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